Lampang, Thailand: Sampran, 6, a wild bull elephant with disinfected injuries after he was caught in a poachers snare. Badly dehydrated, thin and with an infected foot, the young elephant has about a 50 percent chance of survival and was bought into the hospital for emergency care

Conservationists are urging garden owners not to indulge in 'spawn-swapping' this spring because harmful diseases and invasive plants can hitch a ride with the eggs. Froglife said that instead of moving frogspawn around artificially, gardeners should make their gardens attractive and accessible to frogs to encourage natural movement of amphibians and other animals

Fife, UK: Methuselah, a 31-year-old golden eagle, takes her first flight in years in the Scottish hills. She was taken from the wild at the age of four and has spent most of her life in a cage in England. Last year she was released into the care of Elite Falconry in Fife, where trainers have been teaching her to fly again. More on this